diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d10c35e..991cf63 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@
     <groupId>com.zipcodewilmington.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrayutils</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>11</source>
+                    <target>11</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java
index 4bcce66..1a04dbc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package com.zipcodewilmington;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+import java.util.*;
+
 /**
  * Created by leon on 1/29/18.
  */
@@ -9,6 +12,7 @@ public class StringArrayUtils {
      * @return first element of specified array
      */ // TODO
     public static String getFirstElement(String[] array) {
+
         return array[0];
     }
 
@@ -17,6 +21,7 @@ public static String getFirstElement(String[] array) {
      * @return second element in specified array
      */
     public static String getSecondElement(String[] array) {
+
         return array[1];
     }
 
@@ -25,7 +30,10 @@ public static String getSecondElement(String[] array) {
      * @return last element in specified array
      */ // TODO
     public static String getLastElement(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        String lastone = array[array.length-1];
+        return lastone;
+
+
     }
 
     /**
@@ -33,7 +41,9 @@ public static String getLastElement(String[] array) {
      * @return second to last element in specified array
      */ // TODO
     public static String getSecondToLastElement(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+
+        String secLast = array[array.length - 2];
+        return secLast;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -42,7 +52,15 @@ public static String getSecondToLastElement(String[] array) {
      * @return true if the array contains the specified `value`
      */ // TODO
     public static boolean contains(String[] array, String value) {
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+          if (array[i] == value) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
         return false;
+
+
     }
 
     /**
@@ -50,7 +68,14 @@ public static boolean contains(String[] array, String value) {
      * @return an array with identical contents in reverse order
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] reverse(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+
+
+        List<String> list = Arrays.asList(array);
+        Collections.reverse(list);
+        String[] reversedList = list.toArray(array);
+        return reversedList;
+
+
     }
 
     /**
@@ -58,7 +83,15 @@ public static String[] reverse(String[] array) {
      * @return true if the order of the array is the same backwards and forwards
      */ // TODO
     public static boolean isPalindromic(String[] array) {
-        return false;
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+            if (array[i] != array[array.length - (i + 1)]) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+
     }
 
     /**
@@ -66,16 +99,38 @@ public static boolean isPalindromic(String[] array) {
      * @return true if each letter in the alphabet has been used in the array
      */ // TODO
     public static boolean isPangramic(String[] array) {
-        return false;
+
+        String[] abc = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ,".split("");
+        String arrString = Arrays.toString(array).toLowerCase();
+
+        for (String letra : abc){
+            if (!arrString.contains(letra))
+                return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+
     }
 
+
+
     /**
      * @param array array of String objects
      * @param value value to check array for
      * @return number of occurrences the specified `value` has occurred
      */ // TODO
     public static int getNumberOfOccurrences(String[] array, String value) {
-        return 0;
+
+
+        int count = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+            if (array[i] == value) {
+                count++;
+            }
+            //return 0;
+        }
+        return count;
+
+
     }
 
     /**
@@ -84,15 +139,49 @@ public static int getNumberOfOccurrences(String[] array, String value) {
      * @return array with identical contents excluding values of `value`
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] removeValue(String[] array, String valueToRemove) {
-        return null;
+
+        String[] newArray = new String[array.length - 1];
+        int count = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+            if (!array[i].equals(valueToRemove)) {
+                newArray[count] = array[i];
+                count++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return newArray;
     }
 
+
+//----------------------------THIS ALSO WORKS BUT ITS WITH LIST------------------------------------------
+
+//        List<String> listArr = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(array));
+//        listArr.remove(valueToRemove);
+//
+//        String[] newArray = new String[listArr.size()]; //passing content to array
+//        newArray = listArr.toArray(newArray);
+//
+//        return newArray;
+
+
+
+
     /**
      * @param array array of chars
      * @return array of Strings with consecutive duplicates removes
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] removeConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+
+     ArrayList<String> newList = new ArrayList<String>();
+      newList.add(array[0]);
+
+  for (int i = 1; i < array.length; i ++ ){
+   if(array[i] != array[ i- 1]){
+
+       newList.add(array[i]);
+     }
+   }
+        return newList.toArray(new String[newList.size()]);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -100,8 +189,31 @@ public static String[] removeConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
      * @return array of Strings with each consecutive duplicate occurrence concatenated as a single string in an array of Strings
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] packConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        //ArrayList<String> newList = new ArrayList<String>();
+        int length = array.length;
+        int current = 0; // THE LAST INDEX
+        ArrayList<String> newList = new ArrayList<String>();
+        newList.add(array[0]);
+
+        for (int i = 1; i < array.length; i++) {
+            if (newList.get(current).contains(array[i])) { // used .contains Insted of .charAt() cuz aa != a
+                newList.set(current, (newList.get(current) + array[i]));
+            } else {
+                current++;
+                newList.add(array[i]);
+            }
+
+
+        }
+        return newList.toArray(new String[0]);
+
     }
 
+    }
+
+//
+
+
+
+
 
-}